Serba Dinamik Annual Report 2018

134 ANNUAL REPORT 2018 SERBA DINAMIK HOLDINGS BERHAD THE WORKPLACE Developing our workforce At Serba Group we aim to create a workplace where our employees will thrive and perform to the best of their abilities to deliver sustained high performance. They play an important role in achieving our operational, strategic and financial objectives. As such, we encourage our employees to develop their competencies and qualifications to help improve their job performance. During the year 402 employees in Malaysia, or 32% of our workforce in the country, attended various in-house and external training pertaining to occupational health and safety, technical and other non-technical subjects. They included engineers, technical and service personnel, as well as quality control and HSE personnel. The total expenses for training these employees was approximately RM184,000, equivalent to an average of RM460 per participant. This is part of our continuous effort to develop our most valued resources – OUR PEOPLE. 2016 2017 2018 Occupational health and safety training Number of participants 125 162 145 Expenditure 1 31% 29% 35% Technical training Number of participants 68 144 158 Expenditure 1 27% 32% 39% Other non-technical training Number of participants 113 101 99 Expenditure 1 42% 39% 26% TOTAL Number of participants 306 407 402 Training Expenditure in Malaysia (RM’000) 207 180 184 1 Percentage is calculated based on expenditure of the respective training programmes over total training expenditure in Malaysia. RM184,000 Average of RM460 per participant Total trainingexpenses SOCIAL 402 Underwent training courses in 2018 EMPLOYEES IN MALAYSIA SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY TOWARDS OUR EMPLOYEES AND THE COMMUNITY